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Impressions of Japanese architecture / Ralph Adams Cram

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: North Clarendon, VT : Tuttle Publishing, c2010Edition: First editionDescription: 159 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9784805311073
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • NA 1550 .C73 2010
Contents:
1. The early architecture of Japan -- 2. The later architecture of Japan -- 3. Temples and shrines -- 4. Temple gardens -- 5. Domestic interiors -- 6. The minor arts -- 7. A color print of Yeizan -- 8. A note on Japanese sculpture -- 9. The future of Japanese art.
Summary: Written at a time when Japanese art was only beginning to be appreciated in the West, Impressions of Japanese Architecture conveys a sense of discovery and enthusiasm that modern readers will find as interesting and infectious as the book's first readers did. Long considered a classic, this new edition contains a foreword by acclaimed contemporary architect and author, Mira Locher. Originally published about one hundred years ago, Impressions of Japanese Architecture is still of immense value to anyone wishing for a better understanding of Japanese architecture, art and culture.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Architecture General Circulation Architecture GC NA 1550 .C73 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000007170

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The early architecture of Japan -- 2. The later architecture of Japan -- 3. Temples and shrines -- 4. Temple gardens -- 5. Domestic interiors -- 6. The minor arts -- 7. A color print of Yeizan -- 8. A note on Japanese sculpture -- 9. The future of Japanese art.

Written at a time when Japanese art was only beginning to be appreciated in the West, Impressions of Japanese Architecture conveys a sense of discovery and enthusiasm that modern readers will find as interesting and infectious as the book's first readers did. Long considered a classic, this new edition contains a foreword by acclaimed contemporary architect and author, Mira Locher. Originally published about one hundred years ago, Impressions of Japanese Architecture is still of immense value to anyone wishing for a better understanding of Japanese architecture, art and culture.

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